MGB GT - Wales Adventure
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- Finally a longer trip in the MGB GT and something a bit different to my normal videos as I go on a mini-adventure to the Brecon Beacons in Wales! In this video I drive a couple of awesome roads and camp overnight (in November, not sure what I was thinking) but only use the things I've brought with me in the car including food, drink, accommodation and toilet facilities! I had a great time making this video and I hope this is the start of an exciting new direction for the channel, hope you enjoy!
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Great video, Mark. I took a similar trip (without the camping equipment) from South London to visit friends in Wales a few weeks ago. It was the first long trip in my 73 MBG roadster, and I did it for exactly the same reasons as you: just to see if I could. The roads there are great for driving these old cars, and far better scenery than we get at home! Now I'll have no qualms about some longer trips next year... maybe even the NC500!
Excellent! Yes I think the roads really suit an older vehicle as you get to give it a bit of a thrash without breaking the law, NC500 is on my bucket list for sure! Best of luck if you give it a go 👍
Great videos Mark. Thanks for sharing these beautiful driving views with us across the pond! Just bought my first MGB here in the states. A 1971 GT in British Racing Green. When I went looking for MGB content creators that are still actively producing video you where the first one that popped up, awesome! Thanks again.
Wow cool! Glad I’m near the top of the list 🤣 thanks very much for the comment and all the best with your B GT sounds nice in the iconic BRG 😎👍
Hi Mark! Just found your excellent channel and subscribed. If have just got my 1979 Roadster back on the rod after a major restoration (over a 7 year period!) including a complete chrome conversion. Absolute bliss to be driving her again and guess what? We are about to move to Wales in the nest 3 weeks! We have bought a place in SW Wales, about 30 mins drive inland from Cardigan Bay. Can't wait to tour round in the MGB! I am no mechanic but will definitely be using your servicing videos to save myself a bit of cash. Thanks a again for providing such an informative channel for us MGB nuts! Regards, Steve.
Excellent! Lovely part of the world, sounds good about your car being back on the road, I had an 80 GT in my early twenties which I loved but never got round to a chrome conversion before I had to sell. Looking forward to more trips in my MG this year though, hopefully over to Wales again at some point 👍
@@granblogismo If you are ever over in SW Wales-perhaps to drive the Cambrian Way-and you'd like somewhere to put your head down, you are more than welcome to stay with us just outside Llandysul. 😀
I had a blaze orange '74 roadster when I was 25. Did it up and sold it for collateral to start my first business. Regretted it the moment I handed over the keys! Took me another 25 years to get this one, which was a 50th birthday present in 2011. I shall NEVER sell it!
Wow thanks for the offer! I’ll have to look into a trip over that way! Ha yes this is my 3rd BGT after selling others regretfully 😂 I hope I’ll not have to sell this one, coming up to ten years of ownership this year 🥳
Excellent trip and video. Cars are for driving. I miss my 69 MGC GT bought in '70. I now have a 63 B. From Oregon USA.
I’d love an MGC GT, I expect it was a more relaxed cruiser than a ‘B? Still, an early roadster has to be a good substitute! Lovely!
Lovely and peaceful road trip.
beautiful car, right exhaust note, and we’ll matched by the music👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
thanks for sharing
Thanks for the comment and glad you liked it 😊
Stunning video, good old MG! love to see more along the same lines.
'Wales slightly wetter than I had hoped' I loved that as a veteran of holidays in Wales! Great video thanks so much.
Haha! Yes wet Wales should have been expected really 🤣, cheers for the comment 👍
Thanks for the video. Brought me back to my days in MGBGT in the early 70s from Birmingham to wales.
Great! Thanks for watching and for the comment 😎👍
Wonderful video, thanks for documenting the adventure. I am going to travel across North America in a MGC roadster with a hard top pulling a motorcycle tent trailer for my retirement days. This is an inspiration for me 🙂
Great! Sounds like a good trip you’ve got planned 👍 thanks for the comment it was probably the video I’m most proud of and the most enjoyable to make, I need to do another trip like this again I think!!
There really are some stunning driving roads with such unspoilt scenery in Wales. Your tea making apparatus though made the phrase "glutton for punishment" spring to mind!
Haha!! Yes there are easier ways including going to a pub or taking a thermos 🤣
Superb quality filming and excellent editing. Congratulations…looking forward to more adventures.
Thanks 🙌
l opened up google maps to see where you were heading and was looking for route signs. Nicely done.
Amazing video! Thanks Mark!
Thanks! I enjoyed making that one…. Thinking of another long trip in the MGB soon!
What an amazing route. I love MG's and the countryside driving.
Thanks!
Thanks Mark. Love your videos, keep putting them up. FYI, you’ve helped inspire me to finally buy an MGB GT and I bought one a couple of weeks ago, a 1971 GT. So thanks.
How have you learnt so much about cars and engines? I don’t know that much and have already had to replace the petrol tank - good old TH-cam. Cheers jerome (From NZ).
Great stuff! What colour is yours? I don’t know that much really, just stuff you pick up having to do the odd job, like you say, TH-cam is very useful for this kind of stuff! Thanks for the comment!
Road adventure calms the mind and soul👍🏻
Love the aerial shots!
Thanks!!
what a marvelous idea... a camping trip with the BGT complete with roadside cooking in a fair bit of wind ;) the MG sure looks ready for adventure with that roof rack and all that stuff! Wales must be a great place for driving, if one could find a dry day! Beautiful fox, too...
Thanks Wolf! It was a great trip and I think I was quite lucky with the weather in the end, did feel like an adventure even if it was just for one night 🤣. Fox certainly looked more healthy than the ones we get nearer towns, must get plenty to eat when people spill chicken curry on the floor!
A beautiful and endearing video.Thank -You. PM
Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😁
Loved this video. Once I source another GT, I shall be doing something very similar. I love camping and I love MGB's what's not to like. Be great to know what kit you had with you. The GT's in particular can fit quite a lot in them, my brother managed to fit a complete drum kit when he borrowed my car one time! Be great to see more video's of this type, perhaps an overseas trip. I can certainly recommend Holland as a camping destination. Thanks, Ant
Awesome! Yeah overseas would be great, Holland is a great shout 😎 When I get a chance I’ll update the video description with what I took as you’re right I suspect a few people might be interested in that 👍
Really enjoyed this and very professionally produced . Look forward to seeing more of these. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Ray! I put a bit of effort into this one, hopefully I can follow with something similar 🤞
Well that brought back memories of my wife and I camping in our GT back in the 70s. We would regularly drive 600 miles to the east coast (Massachusetts) from Toronto . Never took as much gear as you but did include two bicycles on a hatch rack as well as gear on the roof rack. Used to do that trip in 10 hours overnight on a long weekend. I used to remove the rear seat which gives much. More space. Still have the car but not quite so adventuresome theses days.
PS: I’m intrigued as to how you got the drone shots of you driving the car??
Brilliant!! Sounds great, I’m hoping to do a longer trip next year so hearing this kind of thing is a confidence booster! The drone has a tracking feature which allows it to follow an object autonomously, not strictly allowed but being a remote location there wasn’t much danger to anyone else…. because there was hardly anyone else 🤣
Excellent video with some great shots, especially from the drone. Loved the mix of driving and camping. Keep them coming. Jeff
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it!
A really, really enjoyable video. Thanks. I would love to see more camping videos and it would be interesting to see a detailed look at all the gear.
Please keep them coming, you have a really good presentation style.
Thanks very much!!! Yes I’d love to do more trips, maybe later in the year once our house move is done and we’ve settled in a bit 👍👍
You make a very good point about being able to use more of the performance in a classic - you can give them a bit of a thrash without being antisocial and, as you said, their narrower width is very welcome on the more interesting roads. Great video Mark but I will stick with hotels and b&b's!
Haha I don’t blame you! It was rather chilly! 🥶
Excellent vid as always. My, you are super organised, well impressed. Camping is such fun, even in November! Glad and not surprised the MG did so well, they are great cars.
Watching the vid really made the viewer feel informed and there with you, sharing all the experiences...including the fox😄.
Hope those dreams have ended now😅😅.
Anyway, great trip and a great part of the world, Wales is about 20 miles from me and those roads can be silky smooth cant they.
Will have to do a Wales adventure myself, either in the Jag or the Capri. As always you have inspired me and many others no doubt 🙂.
Thanks Mark
Thanks so much for the kind words as always!! Really nice to get feedback like this and makes the whole process of putting out TH-cam videos worth it! Cheers!
Enjoyed that, nice video. It looks an epic road to drive. Fair play to camping out in November albeit you caught lucky with the lack of rain by the look of it. Thanks
Yep I just about got away with it weather-wise! Thanks for the comment! 😎👍
Great video mark, the wife and I do weekend getaways in our 74 gt. We don’t “rough it” like you but it inspires me to try it. Cheers from Massachusetts!
Excellent! Yes camping not for everyone but I had a good time, going to try and do another trip this year once we’ve sorted our house purchase, thanks for the comment!!
I’m impressed by the spare tools you carry with you, “just in case” 👏👏
Another really enjoyable video - thanks for making these. As someone else suggested NC500 or many of the other road trip options on the west coast of Scotland would be good - perhaps a tour of Skye?
Thanks for the comment! Scotland is going to have to be at the top of the list for my next outing, I doubt I’ll get away with doing multiple days this year but might squeeze an overnight stop…. have to have a think 🤔
The Black Mountain Pass looks a lot quieter than when I was there in my BGT in July! It seemed full of Ferraris, 9-11s, pottering locals and suicidal sheep. You went at the right time. (Maybe Exmoor for the next classic camping damping adventure? Lots of good 'B' roads there.)
Oh right! I guess the summer months would be busier as better weather/holiday season, some interesting machinery about when I was up there, Ferrari, couple of caterhams and a Lotus plus a smattering of bikes both motor and person powered! Exmoor and Dartmoor both good options for another drive, another destination for the list!! Cheers!
Black Mountains .... a beautiful area with lots of old derelict buildings from the old mining days.
loved the video ....how I wished it was me there camping ....but in better weather for sure. You probably need a wind break for your stove .
It would be really interesting to see a detailed video of how you set up and operate 'follow me mode' on your quad whilst driving. p.s. the GT looks great ....hopefully getting another MGB GT myself this week
Great! What year/colour for your GT? Yep might do a video on the filming using a quad but need to do another trip 🤣👍
@@granblogismo there you go ... a great excuse for another trip lol.
My 79 MGB GT was delivered last week... its black. I bought it on the basis of a few poor quality images on Facebook and a chat on the phone with the owner. looks like I got lucky with this car .Theres plenty of work required including converting to sebring style but I bought it primarily to give me a project .
Nice!! Yes the later rubber bumper cars are great as projects as they have the larger engine bay that can hold the v8 without modification👌 plus they also have the servo assisted and dual circuit brakes which I wish mine had 🤣
Thank you for this video [and thank you TH-cam for the algorithm recommendation!!!] I want a mgb gt, as a 2002 mx5 nbfl 1.8vvt owner on the cusp of being ulez compliant and working in london, i would love an mgb, i fear but am also excited to have to own so many tools and learning to work on classics. Idk where im going with this lol...
I want an mgb, and i want to do trips across the uk and even europe with it, maybe ill give it a go with the mx5 first (i have been camping to the peak district last year in it but failed due to a storm in the summer ruining my hiking plans) seeing this video as well as a conversation with an owner of a triumph spitfire at my work in london i had today has really motivating me to go ahead and go for it. Im the coming months ill be selling my first car (kia picanto with a broken gearbox) and saving my way up to getting a mgb!!
It looks like you are have a great trip, lovely driving roads. Cheers Bob
Thanks Bob, yes had a wonderful time thanks! Cheers for the comment 😊
I would love to take some longer trips in my mgb. I’ve daily driven it for a couple of years and 40,000 miles but I haven’t done many long trips. Keep driving, it’s inspiring. Maybe someday I’ll make it all the way across the USA.
Living the dream. Thanks, great video.
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Cracking video - looked amazing - must pluck up the courage to take mine on longer road trips!
Cheers! Yes very enjoyable albeit short trip, more to come this year hopefully 🤞
Yeah dream indeed, it’s my wish to travel too, I didn’t realize how useful this type of content could have been, hope I’ll start travel one day too, and hope I’ll get advices from you also, but the trip organization… it was just superb. It was pleasure to watch, Cheers.
Thanks very much for the comment! I did put a bit of planning into this trip and was great fun, glad you liked the video, cheers! 🙌
Great video, beautiful car, awesome driving and aerial shots too
Thanks! 🙌
Inspiring stuff man. I keep meaning to do a trip like this myself - just me, the car, and the camera, but I always worry the kids and\or the wife will think "why is Dad going off on his own?!"
Hahaha you and me both Ted! I don't have kids but I'm not sure the wife would approve of me going off alone, she would come round to it eventually however
Haha, yeah that is my biggest problem when trying to do these outings, finding time for hobby stuff as well as family is tricky. Luckily my wife is quite understanding and she gets time to herself too which is a good compromise, she’s not keen on joining me on my drives and I’m not keen on doing long walks so it’s all good 🤣 and the kids get more than enough attention to miss me for one night haha
I have found., a good summer holiday with a family can be interspersed with 4.30 / 5 am dashes round the countryside..there may not be time for photos., but there is something magical about dash into corners as the sun is coming up., but it does make it easier if you heading west..And to skud across the landscape., with grass shined by dew.....but.,grab the paper.,fresh bread., and you can be home., scowl free..
Came across your channel by accident after looking up MGs, superb content and gained a subscriber! Absolutely fantastic video and road, man after my own heart as its something I'd love to do with my car too - although I have a Z3 2.8. I'd love an MGB GT too however, stunning machine.
Thanks for watching/subscribing! I can definitely recommend a trip like this and a Z3 would be great, small enough to enjoy the narrow bits with plenty of power and decent handling, perfect! 👍
Really enjoyed this one Mark, personally I would rather a swift kick in the nether regions than go camping but you made it look fun and the fact you got all that gear in a B proves how useful the GT still is.. Great driving a classic through Wales ,t really is a beautiful place for a spin..
Haha thanks for the comment! Yes camping was fun but only if it’s something you ‘want’ to do rather than something to tolerate 🤣 Loved Wales and will be going back in the future!
Great video. I’m both a camping enthusiast and a ‘73 MGB GT owner. Never had the guts to go on long trips with her. But after watching this video I may take the plunge. Where did you get the roof rack from? I too have a webasto roof and definitely having a roof rack would be a massive help. Please let us know. Thanks again for this great opportunity to see Wales !
Thanks for the comment! Yes I thoroughly enjoyed camping with the MG, hoping to do some longer trips this year too 👍 the roof rack I got off eBay, it’s not quite the right ‘vintage’ but does the job, I just searched ‘gutter roof racks’
@@granblogismo thanks for that tip. Safe driving!
Let's go a little off on a tangent and discuss having a shower in a little green tent with tepid water in November in the UK. This would take a level of bravery matched only by those latter-day heroes storming the beaches during the Normandy landings in 1945. Given the size of this tiny tent, it necessitates disrobing in the main saloon of the living quarters, a feat unto itself. And now, naked, standing in a crouched position, one would need to cover one's modesty during the transit, barefoot, to the ablutions facility: that little green tent. Forward planning would have removed the chemical toilet and secured the necessary cleansing lotions and potions in advance. Once inside the accommodation, it would be advisable to deposit the hitherto modesty towel outside on the damp grass in readiness for a very wet exit. Now imagine the green hew from the canvas reflecting on the goosebumped white flesh of the brave soul about to endure the agony of the chill water. Does one shampoo one's hair? According to folklore, going outside with wet hair guarantees a head cold. Meanwhile, one's manhood shrinks to cowardice and disappears, out of sight in search of warmth in the comfort of pubic shrubbery. A wet and still soapy arm searches blindly through a slit in the tent for the towel that offers a little relief from the glacial drippings before a quick jog back to the relative comfort of the main saloon. Was it worth it? In the absence of a fair damsel? OF COURSE NOT! After all, a little, shall we say, masculine pheromones wafting within the intrepid MGB GT on the return journey would be entirely appropriate in the world of classic cars.
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Yes I don’t think I quite thought through the logistics of that one… 🥶
Amazing video! Would love to hear more about where you got the camping equipment
Haha thanks Con, I’ll update the description in a bit to list all the gear and where to find it (Amazon 🤣)
Nice video mate. Camping in my B is in my ‘to do’ list too.
Cool! I can recommend it! 😎👍 maybe not in November though 🥶
You are a very brave soul…..
Spectacular video !
Who flew the drone ?
Great vid looks like your ready for a trip down to the Le Mans 24hr next year 😀👍
Haha! That’s a great idea!
Amazing impressions and very nice ‘glamping‘ setup 🤣. Also very cool to see you drive the GT in that weather!
One question though: I saw that you seem to have a modern hydraulic holder for the tailgate besides the original holders. Why is that?
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Klaus
Thanks Klaus!! The ‘strut’ for the tailgate is just a bonnet prop to make sure it doesn’t come down on my head when sitting in the back, it’s not attached to the car, just a telescopic ‘stick’ it never has come down off the springs but still don’t want to chance it 🤣
@@granblogismo never came down on me.... ok, not too often ;) so that prop may be a good idea! that tailgate is quite heavy, like all part of an MGB...
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Nice video, thanks for posting. Two questions.
1. how did you get the drone footage?
2. Wales looks very interesting, kind of barren but would love to go visit. But why don't they plant some trees?
Epic roads in Wales, they are hard to find in Flanders. Too many houses...
Found a handful here in the US for under $5k. I know what I’m working for now!
You'll need a few bees, if your stoping here for the night in November, your mad lol. Nice to hear a real man chooses an MG over one of ford things ;) lol
Haha! I did have a few but wasn’t that cold in the end, I think it would have been a different story this week, much more chilly!
What road were you on at 3mins 30secs. The A4069 Llangadog and Upper Brynaman is a fab road, also the A40 through crickhowell, Brecon, Llandovery all the way to Carmarthen.
Forgot to ask in my last comment, Mark, but how did you film the overhead driving shots? I assume with a drone? If so, was someone with you or did you have it linked to the car?
Hi, yes it was with a drone using an ‘active track’ feature that can follow an object/person etc not really meant to use it without a ‘spotter’ but it’s not like it was busy 🤣 thanks for the comment!
@@granblogismo I thought as much! Great idea and a superb piece of video. Do you mind sharing the make & model number? I'd love to get one for use in Wales.
Great videos Mark. Also I really like your steering wheel. Could you please let me know what brand, model, colour and size is it? Is it the thicker version? Thanks.
Hi Matt, glad you like the videos, the steering wheel is a Mountney Classic Riveted Woodrim Semi-dished steering wheel! I think it’s a 14 inch, had a 13 inch leather wheel before which was quicker but didn’t feel as ‘right’ as this one and heavy at parking speeds
@@granblogismo Cheers Mark, appreciate it.
@7:35 why didnt u use the car door as a windbreak ?
Liked the Video
Love it. Boring question sorry....what mpg do you think you would get on a run?
It’s a tricky one since I don’t really keep an eye on mileage vs fill-ups, I think originally they quoted 25mpg for this car but I reckon with modern fuel and tyres it’s got to be more like 30 or 35 but never measured it!
It definitely doesn’t feel thirstier than the Jag and that is a genuine 25-30-ish on a longer run over mixed roads
NC500 Perhaps ?
I’d love to! Want to make sure I give myself plenty of time to do it though so I’m not rushed, hopefully something I’ll attempt in the next couple of years 🤞
@@granblogismo You are encouraging me to get out in my 74GT. I put it on the road last summer and managed 35 miles ! Problem is I don’t really trust it not to breakdown. Guess I just need to build up the miles with a few local drives. I’m only an hour away from the Horseshoe pass in North Wales, so I think that will my first goal in the spring.
Yep that’s what I did, just drove it as much as I could locally to get confidence nothing was about to let go (as well as having a garage check over suspension/brakes for safety). The horseshoe pass is where I went in the XK8 last year, great road!!
I feel like you could remove the passenger seat and camp inside the car. You really don't need more than a duffel bag's worth of stuff.
Yep, this video was more to see if you could take everything including the kitchen sink but I agree, I’ve done a night camping again recently and got all the gear in the boot without limiting rear visibility or taking up passenger seat. I don’t think you could sleep in the car comfortably as the floor isn’t long or flat enough in any place, you could fabricate something I suppose but I’d rather just pack a pop-up tent 🤣
@@granblogismo Still quite impressive and inspiring to see you and the little mgb do a trip like this. Especially with all the gear! You'd expect a Jeep or Land Cruiser.
@@granblogismo Don't the rear seats fold flat? I was thinking you could remove the passenger seat and put in its place a raised flat platform to extend the rear load floor.
Yep, you could conceivably do that 👍
You don't need to wash have a dump in a pub or cafe you can live weeks like this showers are not required for at least 3 weeks. You take far too much stuff it's clear your not ex military!
Haha! It would certainly save on the amount of gear to pack, it was more to see if I could carry all that stuff but you’re right, most of the time the facilities are available and showers are just common courtesy if you need to get within 3 feet of anyone else 🤣, optional at best!
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If you need a roof rack you have too much gear!
Ha! I think you’re probably right there, especially seeing folks on touring bikes getting their kit in a backpack and a couple of panniers, to be fair, I reckon if I didn’t have my camera kit and half a garage worth of tools and spare parts I could have got it all in the car…. maybe….
Great piece of camera work / " film ".........but I am disappointed in how heavy you travel., it the shape / CG shift., of the roof rack., ..........for example did you need a table and a cool box., would the cool box not double as both.,did you need the toilet tent.,was the site that under serviced.,did you need a cool box at all.,its got ni on twice the volume of its internal volume..a reflector bag & an ice pack would have kept the sausages cool..etc etc..........your going out to look for untraveled corners., but take out soo much weight you have to slow down to get round them................to quote another maker............add lightness.. With attention to detail., you should be able to avoid the roof rack.,and have the pleasure of a car which will give you what., 10 / 15 miles an hour more on corners., and notably more to the gallon..Having said all that.,one thing I have found in camping., is cardboard., a couple of layers under your back will give as much insulation as a camping matt.,but unlike another piece of plastic will do some " wicking "., and take some of the I've just climbed out of a plastic bag feeling out of the " morning after " feeling of camping...yes.,you use it once and throw it away.,but it's easily obtained & easily disposed of...........and if you get a big enough piece.,you can cover the whole " floor "., and combat the condensate that settles on the ground sheet too. Having said all that., a great piece of film.........what camera.? Yes.,yes., I will agree we all do it different.......one man's milk contain is another man's screen washer bottle..
I must admit I am a bit of a novice camper so there are definitely some efficiencies to be discovered! That being said, the idea was to see if I could take everything but the kitchen sink (although I did kind of take that too 🤣) and get it all loaded into the ‘B. I think you’re right though, the campsite had perfectly adequate facilities so could have left a lot at home which I’ll do in the future if staying somewhere similar and if I’d left the massive cool box and some of the bigger tools behind I wouldn’t have needed the roof rack 👍 Thanks for watching and for the comment though, hopefully you enjoyed it?